Exhibit
May 5 - June 30, 2012
In conjunction with the Dale Chihuly show at the Arboretum, the Museum will be displaying art glass by Dallas artists Mary Lynn Devereux and Polly Gessell
Arcadia Salon
Sunday, May 20, 2:00
Evolution of An Idea
The Texas Sculpture Association sponsors this program featuring never-before-seen New Interchangeable Art by Morton Rachofsky.
Arcadia Salon
Thursday, June 14, 5:30
Jennifer Way, Ph.D., professor of Art History at University of North Texas, discusses the work of Melé within the context of concrete art, constructivism, and geometric abstraction.
Opening Reception
Friday, July 20, 6:30
Three African-American Artists: Kevin Cole, Albert Shaw, and Jack White curated by Phillip Collins
Bertolio was born in Mornago, Italy, in 1934. He studied weaving in Bergamo, and became very interested in ancient cave paintings in Spain, which influenced his early art. Then he fell under the influence of Gauguin, Kandinsky, Cezanne and finally Mondrian, who was the greatest stimulant and inspiration for his art.
Since 1970 he has lived and worked in Barasso. His work at that time resembled the optical work of Soto and Cruz Diez, but by the 1980s he had moved in the direction of irregular designs, influenced by Mondrian. He also did works that he called "Constructive Symbolism."
In the 1990s he did more constructivist work. As his work became more like that of the MADI artists, in 1999 he joined the International MADI Movement. He ceased using the square and rectangular frame, and almost all of his work since 2000 has been of irregular shape and three dimensions.
